Tom Faranda's Folly

Love it.  

His brother Edmund was a physician and died of scarlet fever while treating patients with the disease. In 1932, before antibiotics… The resemblance between the two brothers is uncanny.  

This mutation hugely increases a woman's likelihood of breast cancer and many women – Angelina Jolie the most well-known – have had and are having prophylactic mastectomies.

I think Fauci is fine, but he is slippery in his predictions. January 21st: (Newsmax) The virus is not a major threat to the U.S.. March 8th: (CBS) Don’t worry you don’t need a mask. And following his lead the economy would never re-open.

Sent around by Fr. Nelson Cuoto, from Holy Name of Mary – my parish.

interesting -  she stayed by his bedside for 12 hour shifts along with another nurse doing a 12 hour shift.

Here is an obituary on the above Maryknoll sister. hit the link – what a great person – what a great life. Sister Virginia had a career as an Army nurse before becoming a nun. Nursing took her to Korea and Vietnam during those conflicts. Sister Virginia Farrell, M.M. died on April 14th , 2020 … Read more

Here Jeanne is with an early shot of her firstborn (me). Probably in Van Cortlandt Park, or thereabouts. I couldn’t put this up on her birthday – short term technical problem posting pictures.      

HA! Good hats though …

Just what we needed – two more chinchillas. Brings the # to eight. But these will definitely be getting homes. They were a few hours old when we got these picturse. Brigid heard them –  while doing some drawing and heard squeaking from the cage. She was drawing a fern so has decided for the … Read more